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THE RELATION 



OF THE 



Spiritual to the Material Universe; 
THE LAW OF CONTROL: 

TWO PAPERS, 

GIVEN IN THE INTEREST OF SPIRITUAL SCIENCE, 

BY THE DICTATION OP THE LATE 

, PROFESSOR M. FARADAY, * 

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INTRODUCTION. 



BY PROF. FARADAY. 



It may seem hardly necessary for me to explain this effort to dispel 
the darkness that enshrouds so many minds concerning human exist- 
ence after its departure from the earth sphere. But a residence in 
the spirit world for several years has taught me that no one should 
consider his work ended who can contribute in any degree toward the 
welfare of the race. 

Material Science has its victories and recognition at the hands of a 
partially enlightened world, but that world fails to perceive the outcome 
of its discoveries, though the efforts of the mind to grasp the unknown 
result in bringing its powers nearer the causative principle of all being. 
Many times, during my life on earth, I caught faint gleams of the light 
that radiates from the realms of spirit ; but, mistaking the methods of 
demonstration, I entered this world ignorant of most of the forces 
that govern its inhabitants. My life, devoted to Material Science, is 
the basis of a life which is now devoted to Spiritual Science. In en- 
tering the field again as a student of both branches, I would not be 
misunderstood by my old friends and pupils. The life in spirit is but 
a continuation of the ruling passion of life in the earthly form. I find 
that the so-called spiritual communications, which perplex the wise of 
earth, are but the action of powers which bind the two worlds as by 
telegraphic wires, and that intimate relations existing between the two 
conditions of life are natural and enduring. The force transmitted 
through this channel is liable to interruption, and diversion into wrong 
directions; but it- cannot be annihilated as long as life exists. 
This power, wrongly interpreted, is the basis of all forms of religious 
superstition, and sometimes, when exerted by wicked and ignorant 
spirits, fills the earth with misery. In the hands of wise and benefi- 
cent spirits, its exercise is followed by the enlightenment of its recip- 
ients, and should imbue them with great mental and spiritual power. 
The interest felt by the scientists and philosophers in this life for those 
dwelling on earth, is beyond expression. With patience we strive to 
perfect our knowledge of these forces, so that we can reach you with- 
out interruption, and transmit to you a knowledge of some of the 
principles which pertain to the material as well as to the spiritual state. 
To this end, I have been at work for several years training a brain in 
the earthly realm to respond to my will and reflect my ideas, if not 
the exact style of language. 

It matters not so much to us whether we are welcomed or excluded, 
but it does affect those dwelling in the material world if they close the 



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door of knowledge by contemptuously ignoring the phenomenal evi- 
dence presented through this channel. Aside from mediumship, the 
world has never received, and cannot receive, evidence of immortal 
existence. When mediumship is exercised by truthful spirits, the evi- 
dence presented is convincing. When deceptive spirits exercise it, as 
they sometimes do, a knowledge of it becomes more important as a 
means of safety, for such spirits lose their power of injuring, when 
understood. Hoping to reach some minds that seek for truth, I give 
out these papers that good may result from their perusal. 



MEDIUM'S STATEMENT. 



These papers are given by a peculiar psychological process, which 
precludes any knowledge upon my part as to their truthfulness, except 
by experiment. A spirit purporting to be Faraday came to me sev- 
eral years ago, and began writing through my hand statements relative 
to the scientific aspects of spiritual and material being. 

August 26, 1879, at a materialization circle, a perfectly materialized 
form came from the cabinet, which I saw at once was the original of a 
picture of Faraday, which I then had in my possession, and it seems 
that this was given as valid proof of his work with me. 

The statements, if true, place the question of life and immortality 
upon a basis that is capable of demonstration. In manuscript to be 
published there are several elaborations of the ideas given, which 
clearly reveal the truth of a continuous organic existence after the 
individual is once organized from the elements, and that there is no 
foundation for the belief that the soul of man ever existed as such 
previous to its formation through the vito-chemical processes of evolu- 
tion. These statements were new to me, and, in publishing them, 
it is with a hope that they may contribute to the current of public in- 
terest upon the greatest of all questions pertaining to humanity. 



DEFINITION 

OF THE TERMS ATOMS AND ELEMENTS, AS USED BY 
PROF. FARADAY IN THESE PAPERS. 



"In using the terms element and atom, I would be understood 
correctly. An Element is that exhibition of matter that cannot be 
further analyzed ; an Atom, the smallest absolute portion conceivable 
of an element." Faraday. 



THE RELATION OF THE SPIRITUAL TO 
THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE. 



The connection of the invisible forces with visible material, brings 
the whole realm of organized existence into the domain of the scien- 
tist, and because he deals with matter in all its conditions, both in the 
invisible atom and in planets, he ought to be able to discover the true 
relationship of the spirit or invisible to the material or visible universe. 
Nor would his discoveries be less truthful if they seemed to conflict 
with the opinions of the age, for as yet no materialistic theories are 
proven to have a basis upon absolute knowledge of the great forces 
producing manifest organization. But true science never ignores 
cause while observing effect ; and when her devotee perceives the ap- 
parently lifeless masses of material comprising this planet, instinct with 
motion, changing into a thousand different conditions, becoming sub- 
ject to living organisms and entering into their structure, he is forced 
to acknowledge that behind this visible appearance there must be some 
power responsible for all these changes ; and, although elusive, yet 
capable of analysis whenever the intellect rightly directed can turn its 
attention toward the solution. The field into which he now enters is 
one hitherto claimed to be exempt from his intrusion, and one held to 
be too sacred for investigation. If behind the vast material universe, 

THERE IS ANOTHER UNIVERSE, 

and these are acting and reacting upon each other, nothing can be of 
more importance to the scientist and of more value to the human race 
than absolute knowledge of the spiritual universe. To obtain this 
knowledge he must analyze matter, watch the power of chemical action 
upon the atoms of the compound, ascertain the exact force required to 
disorganize one combination and to form another, examine the princi- 
ples by which results are attained, experimenting with the same accuracy 



upon living organisms as he does upon metallic or mineral com- 
binations. He will then be convinced that matter is connected with 
formative power beyond the merely visible manifestations. This is 
termed by some the unknown and by others the unknowable, but may 
be called the reflex action of the invisible or spirit universe upon the 
visible or material universe. Our first step in this field leads us directly 
into the domain of elemental chemistry, or the existence of matter in the 
atomic condition. Here we are at the limit of material scientific analysis, 

FOR ATOMS ARE INVISIBLE AND INDIVISIBLE, 

being in the condition of absolute existence, with no known form, 
'whereby we can compare their nature or relations. We are forced, 
however, to conclude that matter does exist in this condition be- 
cause no attempt at analysis upon the earthly side has ever been 
successful in annihilating one particle of any material substance. 
Chemical action only produces change in the visible relationship 
of the elements composing the body, but destroys not the particles. 
This property of matter lies at the basis of every manifestation 
of life and material existence. The true pathway of human research 
into both conditions of that existence lies in acquiring a knowledge of 
chemical laws with their application to all forms and conditions of 
material which enter into the structure of the visible and invisible 
universe. Nor is it beyond comprehension, for as we see how pow- 
erfully the elements combine to form visible matter, we also find that 
these combinations can be broken and the constituent elements re- 
turned to their primitive condition, in which they no longer manifest to 
the ordinary senses of man any evidence that they do exist ; but to the 
mind properly instructed they are as evident as before the combination. 
Paper is composed of elements which, by a vito-chemical process, once 
had the form of vegetable life. By applying intense chemical action 
or atomic motion to the paper, as in burning, the invisible oxygen of 
the atmosphere, being in a state of vivid motion as to its atoms, rushes 
into this combination to produce equilibrium, and the paper disappears. 
The elements composing it are returned to their invisible states, save a 
residue which remains as ashes. Every chemical manifestation of 
matter is subject to this law of atomic equilibrium. The power to 
form a compound or to disintegrate the compound is that power which 
exists in the invisible realm of matter. For while the body may be 
dissolved , 



NOT ONE PARTICLE OF MATTER OR IMPULSE OF POWER CAN BE LOST, 

the elements holding the power to combine, and to form the same re- 
sult again, the moment surrounding conditions are favorable. 

Spirit originally meant air. All things pertaining to that stage of 
existence were called spiritual or invisible, like the air. The ancient 
alchemists and Magians generally had better ideas concerning spirit- 
ualized material than modern thinkers, for they recognized the import- 
ance of the atmosphere, by considering it the abode of the beneficent 
deities who gave life and health to the race, thus placing at once the 
spirit element as the highest in their catalogue of the blessings of the 
gods. It is not merely the oxygen of the air inhaled which vitalizes 
the blood, as the physiologies teach, but also vital invisible material, 
the very essence of spirit power. Understanding, then, the meaning of 
the term spirit to be, as we have said, the technical term for invisible 
matter, we pass on to witness some of its effects upon the visible or 
material conditions of matter. 

YOU PICK UP A PIECE OF GRANITE 

and say that the matter in that stone has no life, neither is able to pro- 
duce life or support life. But there was a time when the surface of 
your globe was nothing but granite or mineral substances. Yet there 
is much life on its surface to-day. In some manner that lifeless mass has 
become fruitful and capable of supporting immense numbers of living 
organisms. However, the surface of the earth where these organisms 
dwell, you say is not now of the same substance as the primitive gran- 
ite. Granted ; but what made it different ? Fire and flood crumbled 
its surface into fragments ; oceans swept it from pole to pole with 
deluges of water, grinding the coarse material to a fine silt. Ice 
fields, which would have chilled the life currents of organic existence, 
had there been any, covered it. But with all these agencies, which 
ground the primitive granite to the finest dust and changed the appear- 
ance of the surface, still the azoic age would have continued till now 

HAD NOT ANOTHER FORCE BEEN LIBERATED 

and begun its manipulations of the elements. In their nature, these 
elements could not remain quiescent while the great impulses of atomic 
motion caused them to vibrate with eternal activity. They must 
obey; and as external power subsided, by the law of equilibrium, the 
internal increased — not violently, but steadily, till the waters, holding 



certain elements in solution, formed the proto-plasmic conditions which 
could produce organization, or a structure midway between the solid 
inert condition of matter and the invisible, intensely active condition. 
This susceptibility to intense molecular activity of matter in the spirit 
condition, occasions all the seeming paradoxes of chemical combina- 
tions in the visible universe. Whenever the elements combine suf- 
ficiently to produce exact equilibrium of the atoms at a low rate of 
vibration in the compound, a visible inorganic material structure results, 
and in this manner planetary systems are formed, which apparently 
spring into existence out of nothing. 

This invisible condition of matter, which we have denominated spirit 
material, is exactly the same in the atomic condition as to its nature as 
in the visible matter which we can analyze. But it has a higher degree 
of motion among its elements. It is not, therefore, unscientific to 
maintain the 

ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY OF A SPIRIT OR INVISIBLE WORLD, . 

and also to demonstrate the intimate relationship that must exist be- 
tween that world and the one in which you at present reside. Both are 
composed of matter ; both partake of the same general characteristics 
as to the elementary powers of matter ; and both must interweave 
their elements so as to blend with each other, if one is the complement 
of the other, as these deductions would affirm. We cannot annihilate 
matter, neither can we annihilate its properties. 

If, therefore, we find a portion of matter organized into a living 
being, that being must exist in some condition after- apparent dissolu- 
tion, either as a continued organism in the spirit world or as it existed 
before organization. In the latter case, it would go back to the ele- 
mentary condition ; but the material body alone does in the material 
world. In the dissolution of all inorganic material, the forces which 
hold the atoms in combination still remain intact in the atoms ready to 
form again ; but in the death of an organized body those forces, neces- 
sary to organization, are wanting in that form, or, as we say, have 
vanished. Are they lost ? Science answers : it is impossible for any 
force to be lost. Where, then, are they? Evidently existing in the 
spirit condition, for certainly they have passed from the visible. Why 
do we say that ? Because, as we have seen, force being a property 
of matter, must belong to matter in some condition, and there being 
the two conditions of the material elements, the vanished powers must 



be in the condition invisible, or in the spirit world. Consequently, it 
appears that spirit organization continues after apparent dissolution. 
It may be best to briefly explain the principles which produce visible 
organization out of proto-plasmic conditions of matter. Force is the 
cause of change ; applied to the elements, it changes the molecular 
combinations of the atoms to various forms. Among these changes 
are the construction of living organisms holding their equilibrium by 
virtue of continual accretions of matter from the proto-plasmic com- 
binations. The continual introduction of the elements soon gives rise 
to visible motion of the mass, and in that motion is the evidence of 
living organic power. In the lower forms of life this motion is ex- 
tremely feeble, but when once the combination has formed, its tendency 
is to remain until a greater force overthrows its atomic equilibrium. 
In the higher forms of life, force is greater and absorbs from the lower 
the elements necessary to construct a more powerful combination till, 
in the end, man is eliminated with an organization superior to all 
others, but subject to the same laws of the elements which rule in the 
lower forms. As we are more interested in the study of human life 
than merely animal life, we shall speak chiefly of the forces entering 
into this human structure, but never claiming for man a superior origin 
in his nature to the other manifestations of organic existence. 

MAX STANDS SUPERIOR BY VIRTUE OF ORGANIZATION, AND BY 
THAT ONLY. 

In that organization the elements construct a visible form em- 
blematic of the forces underlying them. If the material is very sub- 
limated and refined, an organism corresponding to it is constructed, 
and you see a very accurate type of the powers entering into the per- 
sonality. If the powers are weak in the direction of physical develop- 
ment, a weak body testifies to this ; and if strong, a vigorous muscular 
system witnesses to their presence. When the brain receives the 
strong forces and develops under the impulses of mental activity, an 
able mind results. Are we then to conclude that the invisible material, 
connected with the living organism, had any existence as an organism 
previous to conception ? Certainly not ; for while the elements in the 
spirit condition existed before, they existed relatively in the same 
condition as do the elements previous to combination in other forms. 
This places the principle of 

LIFE AS SUPERIOR TO EITHER CRYSTALIZATION 



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in the inorganic forms of matter, or organization in the visible forms 
of living structures ; but mark well this principle. Neither crystaliza- 
tion of the elements into a solid inert body, or organization of the 
same elements into a living visible being, destroys the power of the 
atoms in either form to change their positions. In one, the change is 
too slow to be perceived by the senses, unless it be accelerated by 
chemical forces ; but in the other, the change is so rapid as to be in 
invisible motion. 

ORGANIC LIFE RESULTS FROM THE ACTION OF GENERAL POWERS IN 
CERTAIN SPECIFIC FORMS. 

The chemical union of certain elements gives the basis of these forms 
in the production of the proto-plasmic conditions of matter. Spiritual 
material is nothing more than earthly material raised to a higher de- 
gree of atomic activity than in the purely proto-plasmic state. 

The condensation of this spiritual matter comes from the chemical 
forces of the elements in the ethereal and earthly conditions seeking 
to find equilibrium in the organism. 

The organism cannot respond to all these conditions of the elements 
at once, and directs each element to the place most in need. Hence, 
the structure passes through all the varied changes of form from the 
gelatinous mass to the solidified body. There is no unchangeable 
chemical equilibrium in organic bodies. The powers of the elements 
upon each other prevent such a result, and the moment these powers 
fail to maintain a proper balance the physical organism begins to dis- 
solve. 

THE TENDENCY OF PHYSICAL ORGANISMS TO DECAY, OR TO WEAR OUT, 

is met by the tendency of the elements to combine anew, and thus it 
is sustained till the powers have been exerted to their ultimate possi- 
bility in this condition. In spirit material that is connected with 
earthly visible matter, the powers of chemical consolidation are active 
only so long as they are in the same relative rate of atomic vibration 
as is the visible material connected with them. Should this rate of 
atomic motion be raised to a higher degree, death results. 

THE PHYSICAL BODY OF EACH LIVING STRUCTURE IS A COMPROMISE 
BETWEEN THE INTENSELY ACTIVE SPIRITUAL CONDITION OF MAT- 
TER AND THE LOWER OR INERT CONDITION OF MATTER. 

It is not exactlv a self-erected structure, but a reflection of the 



powers of the elements combined in it with their specific rates of mo- 
tion. Hence, it is a composite structure, uniting the elements in both, 
with all their relations to each other, visible and invisible. The purely 
physical condition of the elements is seen in the visible organism ; 
the purely spiritual condition, in the mental powers. The individual, 
in both mental and physical, reflects the exact ratio of the combination. 

IT IS UTTERLY IN VAIN TO EXPECT MENTALITY TO ORIGINATE OUT- 
SIDE OF PHYSICAL ORGANIZATION. 

It continues after physical dissolution, because spiritual material is a 
part of the organism, maintaining it after death in the form of its 
original structure. A spirit form is a material form, and receives and 
throws off matter as the physical body does in the visible world ; but 
it acts more directly upon the elements than when in the earth form. 
It is much more active in rate of atomic motion, and its power of will, 
when supported by knowledge of the elements, is almost limitless. 
Hence, upon the spirit side it becomes comparatively easy to manipu- 
late the elements at will, and to produce results which startle humanity 
by their mysterious origin. 

We have said that whenever matter is raised to the condition of full 
atomic motion, it then is in the realm of spirit material, and, conse- 
quently, in every living structure there must be a living spirit form 
composed of essentially the same elements as exist in the spirit w r orld, 
and the conduct of every human being upon this globe is the reflection 
of the action of the spirit power dwelling within that visible structure. 
This also is capable of proof ; for the moment the living spirit is called 
into action in any particular direction, the organ under its control 
receives a new influx of blood containing proto-plasm, and upon that 
organ the elements needed are seen to arrange themselves upon the 
muscular or nervous tissue, 

EXACTLY AS CRYSTALS FORM IN THE SUBSTANCES SUBJECT TO CRYS- 
TALLINE LAWS. 

What, then, are we to conclude as to the relationship existing be- 
tween the spirit world and the material world ? Briefly, that one is the 
essential counterpart of the other, and that, of the two, the spirit world 
deserves the title of the real. Upon this visible planet you live and 
move as material beings ; in the invisible world you shall hold your lives 
for eternity : for you have already seen that the powers of organization 



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reside in the spirit condition of matter, and death cannot affect 
them save to disconnect them from the visible material ; and all that 
you need for proof of their being identically the same would be their 
reappearance in some connection with visible matter, whereby they 
could act upon your nerves of sense. Can they do this ? It would 
be very strange if they could not, since, in other conditions of matter, 
we find that the inherent powers are never lost. If metals or miner- 
als are subject to attraction to the earth, or to matter in a similar con- 
dition to their own state, it need not be thought unscientific for spirit 
material to be attracted to its own material still held in human forms. 
When a person dies with all his sympathies tending to earth, it is nat- 
ural to suppose he will yet cling to the objects of his desire. 

Whenever there is a manifestation of human intelligence, there is 
evidence of a human being. If the intelligence comes from an invisi- 
ble source, a human being must be behind that intelligence, and such 
a human being must be dwelling in the invisible realm. You know that 
such a human being, to be possessed of knowledge, must first have 
existed as a person in the visible world. It is not within the province 
of this paper to delineate the phenomena of modern spiritual mani- 
festations, but rather to explain by what process it is in the power of 
the spirit world to act directly upon the material world ; and this leads 
to the underlying principle of electrical action in the elementary con- 
ditions of matter. By the discovery of the powers of the electric 
battery, man can transfer the motion among the atoms in the mineral 
or metallic condition of matter ; and by arranging an alphabet of dots 
and dashes or sounds, intelligence can be conveyed wherever a metallic 
condition of matter can be extended. 

Electricity is the power of vibratory action of the atoms in the bat- 
tery. But the mineral or metallic conditions of matter are not the 
only conditions of matter subject to this vibratory motion. The ner- 
vous system of organisms also is subject to the same vibratory princi- 
ple ; and the mental ability of the spirit in the body depends upon its 
susceptibility to receive impressions through vibrations of the nerves, 
whereby sensation is received at the brain and recognized by the spirit 
within. Now by this ability of the spirit to receive ideas and perform 
actions, it only needs to have an artificial connection with spirits dwell- 
ing in the spirit world for the same sensations to be conveyed to the 
brain as are conveyed from one electric battery to another through a 
connecting wire. 



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WHENEVER A BRAIN OR NERVE, CONSTRUCTED BY A SPIRIT DWELL- 
ING IN THE FORM, 

is of such nature as to be easily affected by nervous influence, that 
brain or nerve is also susceptible to any spirit of like temperament, 
whether it be dwelling in the body or out, which has been abundantly 
demonstrated in the phenomena of mesmerism upon the earth side, 
and by the phenomena of spiritualism upon the spirit side. If the 
person so influenced is acted upon by a spirit in the form, he is said to 
be mesmerized ; if by one dwelling in the spirit world, he is said to be 
influenced or controlled to the degree of his susceptibility to the power 
exerted. In both conditions, the brain and nerves must be in a state 
of passivity to have the vibrations respond to the operator, otherwise 
the spirit of the subject will intrude his own ideas and modify the ex- 
pression of the thought of the operator. To produce this state of 
passivity, harmony of the nerves must first be induced. 

But there is another form of spirit influence over matter. When- 
ever the grosser elements become filled with spirit emanations from 
persons dwelling in both conditions, the 

VERY INERT WOOD OR METAL BECOMES SUBJECT TO THE WILL OF 
THE CONTROLLING SPIRIT, 

and as the spirit forces are superior to the merely negative powers of 
passivity, gravity is overcome, and ponderable bodies are moved with- 
out visible contact, thereby giving to the scientist further evidence of 
the existence and power of the invisible over the material realm. 

These phenomenal proofs of invisible intelligence are indices of the 
actual relationship existing between the two worlds. That they are 
what they purport to be, viz., the efforts of spirits, who have passed 
from the earthly to the spiritual condition, to reach back again by an 
artificial manipulation of natural laws, we know and demonstrate by 
continual exhibitions of phenomena. The methods and powers which 
are used by spirits to give these manifestations are difficult to explain, 
for it requires a skill in the manipulation of the elements that trans- 
cends present human knowledge ; and, because of this, many living sci- 
entists affirm, in spite of repeated occurrence, that the phenomena are 
not within the jurisdiction of science. In solving problems of the hu- 
man race, the scientist 

HAS NO RIGHT TO IGNORE PHENOMENA, 



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nor to form conclusions respecting it which violate principles of nature. 
Dwelling in the realm of absolute powers, he must respect every man- 
ifestation of force at its true valuation in pursuit of knowledge. And 
among these is shown the close relationship of the invisible to the 
visible universe. When from the eternal world radiates the light of 
scientific proof of its existence and relationship to this world, there 
should be no barriers erected between those dwelling in the two con- 
ditions, but rather a more intimate fraternization ; and whenever the 
earthly side seeks to establish spiritual knowledge upon absolute prin- 
ciples, the spiritual side will never fail to assist them. All condi- 
tions of physical and spiritual life are but distinctive relations of the 
same individuality ; and, in passing from one to the other, no door is 
so effectually closed to those left behind as to prevent communication 
between those dwelling in the different spheres. 

M. FARADAY. 



THE LAW OF CONTROL. 



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By the action of the galvanic battery, power can be transferred to 
immense distances. 

Every condition of matter is so governed by force that any change 
of some of its atoms produces corresponding changes in all the por- 
tions of matter connected with these atoms. This gives man partial 
control of matter in the conditions lower than those of organized 
bodies, so that its elements can be changed to a variety of forms or 
combinations at will. In this process of transition, elements pass into 
the invisible condition previous to their reappearance in the new form. 
But, as by chemical law nothing can be lost, it is proper to conclude 
that they can be changed back to visible perception upon the reverse 
action of the power that placed them beyond it. 

THIS PRINCIPLE IN CHEMISTRY LIES AT THE BASIS OF EVERY MAN- 
IFESTATION OF INVISIBLE POWER UPON THE VISIBLE MATERIAL 
REALM. POWER IS THE RESULTANT OF CHEMICAL ACTION AMONG 
THE ELEMENTS ; 

and intelligent power is the manifestation of chemical action when 
directed by intelligent personalities. Where there is any manifestation 
of intelligence, there can be but one deduction : the directing power 
is of the same specific type as all intelligent power, and highest intel- 
ligence is the distinctive characteristic of the human individual. 

When matter is at rest, or nearly so as to atomic action, it is called 
dead, or insensible to life. When it is changed from that condition to 
intense activity by external forces, or internal latent powers, it is 
then called alive ; but it is the condition of the matter rather than the 
elements themselves which merit these terms. Chemistry, therefore, 
teaches that 



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MATTER IS INFINITE IN ITS'PROPERTIES OF EXTENSION, 

and that the universe, both visible and invisible, must be composed 
of the elements which in a visible condition are capable of analysis. 
It also teaches that the principle of law is the same in both conditions, 
and that what we term visible conditions result from a different rate 
of motion among the specific atoms consolidated in the visible form. 

WHEN A PERSON OR ORGANIC BODY DIES, 

all the refined or invisible matter passes out into the invisible or spirit 
condition of matter with all the essential personal characteristics intact. 
The powers which previously had been able to gather around them- 
selves the material from proto-plasmic forms of matter, continue to 
exert their action upon the invisible elements, and the organism still 
exists ; but the rate of atomic motion in the spiritual organism is so 
much higher than that existing in the physical organism, as to prevent 
the person, save in a few instances, from perceiving the existence of it. 
For, the moment vibratory action of the nervous system changes from 
its accustomed rate of motion, perception ceases or becomes unreliable, 
and the spirit resident in the body cannot then perceive any sensation 
accurately. This law of physical perception brings us directly to the 
great question : 

WHAT RELATIONSHIP CAN EXIST BETWEEN A SPIRIT DWELLING IN 
CONNECTION WITH VISIBLE MATERIAL AND A SPIRIT DWELLING 
IN THE REALM OF INVISIBLE MATTER? 

Chemistry shows that when two elements having a different degree 
of atomic motion come together, there is an attempt at equilibrium, 
which, being exactly adjusted, produces a new form of matter ; and 
in the spirit realm there is no change of law as to this principle. 

The personality dwelling in the spirit universe must of necessity 
become, as to his power of perception, in accord with the perceptive 
power of him dwelling in the earthly form. Let it be understood that 
spirits are persons, and persons are spirits, whether dwelling in either 
state, and then the question becomes more easy of solution ; for, the 
moment the perceptive powers of the two persons are in equilibrium, 
that moment ideas can be accurately transmitted. I have said that 
chemistry teaches the indestructibility of matter and force. The high- 
est exhibition of powers are those organized in the human personality, 
which, once organized, 



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Now, with these statements as a basis, you can see to what extent 
they can be applied to the solution of the law of control. First, this 
different rate of atomic activity between the spirit form and the spirit 
held in chemical connection with visible matter (the medium) is to be 
harmonized. Unless this equilibrium can be secured, there cannot be 
perfect control, for the brain of the medium will not respond to the 
will of the controlling spirit. Before the spirit world could reach out 
its hands to you in the present era, a most careful search was instituted, 
and but few upon the earthly side found to possess temperaments that 
could blend with those upon the spirit side sufficiently to enable them 
to transmit thought correctly. The most careful training of the organ- 
ism, therefore, became a necessity, so that injury should not come to 
the medium. For the natural transition from the earth form of life is 
through the process of death, and to bring the two conditions in har- 
mony, necessitated the apparent return of the spirit to its former rela- 
tionship to matter ; and, in doing this, the spirit often reflects the 
external manifestations of dying, upon the medium. Usually the 

MEDIUM IN SUCH CASES APPEARS TO BE DYING, 

and often the system really suffers much, as the nerves, temporarily 
vibrating under the power of the spirit seeking control'; are changed 
from their normal rate ; but as this condition is artificial and not the 
result of disease, usually no permanent injury is done. Whenever two 
spirits are able to unite their powers by similarity of temperament, then 
the one resident in the body reflects the will of the control in propor- 
tion as he is passive. Should there be any disturbance whereby the 
system is acted upon by the ordinary powers of sensation, then the 
spirit controlling is liable to be thwarted in its purposes. 

This sensibility of the nervous system to respond to vibratory in- 
fluence, while lying at the basis of genuine control, also occasions 
much of the irregular actions and seeming contradictions in genuine 
mediumship. The person naturally receives sensations through his 
external senses, and draws his conclusions from them alone in the 
formative stages of the physical life. But, as knowledge is gained, 
the field of observation extends into the realm of the invisible forces, 
and the person begins to receive impressions that do not come from 
the external senses. Any vibratory influence upon the brain, whether 
originating in the material or spiritual realm, produces ideas of some 



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character ; and if the motion of the nerves be the result of a diseased 
condition of the system, then you have a corresponding type of mental 
phenomena, and pain and discord reigns. 

In the application of this law of vibratory influence in mediumship, 
we enter a realm of artificial exercises of powers. Persons are born 
with the germs of mediumistic powers, but, living in the external 
realm of effect, know but little of causes. It, therefore, is premature 
to pass judgment upon the powers of any medium until fully developed. 
Failures always are incident to genuine work. Those dwelling upon 
the spirit side cannot yet hold such control over the relationship exist- 
ing between the two conditions as to always ensure success. 

Theoretically, spirit force is responsible for all the manifest condi- 
tions of life ; but spirits out of the material realm are living in such 
different relations to those living in the physical body, that they cannot 
always make absolute connection between the two. The spirit resident 
in the body is constantly undergoing change ; the spirit out of the 
physical body also undergoes progressive changes. The medium 
to-day may be in perfect harmony, while to-morrow his organism may 
be unable to produce the desired results. The vito-chemical forces 
sway backward and forward, sometimes nearly passing to the spirit 
side, and then again returning to the normal condition of active phys- 
ical life. 

THE FACT THAT MEDIUMSHIP INVOLVES THE EXERCISE OF ABNORMAL 
CONDITIONS OUGHT TO ENSURE AMPLE PROVISION FOR THE SUP- 
PORT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEDIUM ; 

whereas, too often the medium has to struggle for bread and contend 
with ignorance and malice. This brings into action positive faculties 
which interfere with the passivity required for good control. I can 
illustrate further the law of control, by saying it is analagous to the 
transmission of electric force between two stations through the con- 
ducting wire. Here the vibrations of force are perfectly transmitted 
and registered when the connection is perfect. When the connection 
is imperfect, the force is dissipated, or its transmission interrupted. 
Hence, in estimating the power necessary to produce perfect results, 
allowance must be made for every counteracting force, and without 
that can be annulled, we cannot be sure of success. 

IX MEDIUMSHIP, THERE ARE TWO BATTERIES : 

first, the registering battery upon the earth side ; the brain, or nervous 



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system, which has been the exclusive property of the resident spirit, 
must now be placed under the sway of the controlling spirit. This is 
a work of time, and is attended with difficulties, for the controlling 
spirit must raise the rate of vibration of that brain up to his own, or 
the ideas, if given, will be given in the medium's language. The next 
step is to find upon the spirit side the spirit, or band of spirits, 

BEST ADAPTED TO THE TEMPERAMENT OF THE MEDIUM. 

This is absolutely necessary, and no control can be reliable without 
this is secured. Bringing these personalities together, in perfect har- 
mony, there will result correct spirit telegraphy. When in this 
condition, if the spirit side wish to learn of earthly matters, it per- 
ceives by the reflection of the medium's ideas. On the other hand, if 
you wish to gain knowledge of the spirit side, the medium must reflect 
the spirit's ideas. It is a mistake to suppose the spirit gains knowledge 
of earthly life in the same manner as previous to transition. The 
idea that spirits out of the form can see all that transpires on earth is 

THE RESULT OF THE FALSE TEACHINGS OF THEOLOGY. 

Spirits out of the body see only the spiritual part of the person resi- 
dent in the body. Hence, all that pertains to physical life is known 
by the spirit side by transmission through the brain of the medium, 
or through the magnetic emanations of the spirit still resident in the 
body. Spirits learn to watch the subtle play of the magnetic aura of 
people, and form their opinions accordingly ; but they cannot be abso- 
lutely sure unless they can perceive the working of the brain and its 
ideas through mediumistic control. This is the best explanation of the 
inaccuracy of knowledge often manifested by spirits concerning earthly 
conditions of life, and of their frequent inability to obtain such knowl- 
edge. If the medium be brought into direct contact with the elements 
of power desired, then knowledge is easily obtained by the spirit and 
transmitted. 

YOU WONDER WHY YOUR FRIENDS 

upon the other shore do not always tell you of events that are trans- 
piring in your world. But the law of control gives them power to 
transmit to you but a small share of their knowledge. Physical con- 
trol is the hardest to accomplish, as in transition the spirit returned to 
the material realm all that united itself to earthly forces. The temper- 
ament of the person best qualified for this labor is one in whom the 



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physical qualities are predominant— not .necessarily one inclined to 
vice, but one who lives upon the physical plane. The results sought 
are obtained by vigorous impulses of the spirit over the muscular forces 
of the system. This form of control is very exhaustive, as the amount 
of force transmitted is great, and the reaction upon the medium so 
intense as to require periods of physical repose. Physical manifesta- 
tions originate in the adaptation of the chemical constituents of the 
physical system of the medium to blend with the spirit organism. 

WHENEVER BY DEATH A SPIRIT, IN FULL EXERCISE OF PHYSICAL 

vigor, is separated from the body, the spirit so wrenched from the 
physical plane is attracted by its nature back to its former condition, 
and if it is otherwise adapted to the temperament of the medium, a 
physical equilibrium of forces is temporarily established, which gives 
the spirit much of its former power. This opens the door 

FOR PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS, 

which are so highly valued by many as proofs of spirit life. By arti- 
ficial combinations of these powers, supplemented by a knowledge of 
spiritual chemistry, you have materializations in all their phases. The 
manifestations of this order are moving of inanimate bodies, the pro- 
duction of sound by concussion, independent writing, spirit photo- 
graphy, and materializations of hands, faces and full forms. 

The atmosphere, containing many of the elements necessary to the 
formation of tissue, furnishes an inexhaustible reservoir of material for 
the spirit to use, and the medium furnishes largely the power wanting 
to the spirit to bring itself to a condition of quiescence, so that the 

ATOMS CAN POLARIZE, OR BECOME CHEMICALLY STATIONARY 

on the spirit form. As soon as this is effected, the materialization is 
accomplished. The word is not correct, as the spirit form itself is 
material as much before the clothing with visible matter as after. A 
better term would be the visible manifestation of the spirit, or recon- 
struction of the physical form. The elements used are the same, and 
there is no difference in their arrangement when the form is perfect, 
although this seldom occurs, as often the individual spirit is unable to 
attract all the elements needed. 

Whenever inanimate objects become subject to the manipulations of 
invisible forces, and these forces manifest the attributes of human per- 
sonalities, the proper conclusion is that the causative powers are of 



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the same nature in both conditions of existence, because the effects 
are the same in external manifestations. Hence, the physical phenom- 
ena of mediumship give evidence of human origin, but the originators 
of the evidence are not dwelling upon the mortal side. 

Passing on to the higher phases of control, we come to the positive 
principles underlying the mental phenomena. Equilibrium of the 
spiritual forces resident in each condition of being is not so difficult of 
attainment. Hence, when the powers are similar, the temperaments 
of individuals will be similar; and, as 

DEATH HAS NOT CHANGED THE SPIRIT, 

save in its chemical relations, it remains with all its power of thought, 
ready to transmit knowledge. But, the spirit has no such vocal organs- 
as can reach you with sound vibrations which convey knowledge 
through language, and it must substitute some other method. The 
spirit, finding the right temperament in earth life, and throwing upon 
it the same mental forces which it would have used to convey ideas in 
physical life, finds the organism responsive to a certain degree, and 
thus can bring within the sphere of earthly life some knowledge of 
spiritual life. The mental faculties are those attributes of the spirit 
which 

ARE NEVER ESSENTIALLY AFFECTED BY DEATH. 

Mental mediumship reflects the ideas of the control through the 
brain most sensitive to the mental forces exerted by the control. But 
here the operator is still a human being, though dwelling in the spirit 
realm, and his ideas will be tinged with human characteristics. Upon 
the spirit side absolute knowledge of the universe is not yet obtained. 
Upon the earthly side superstition has nearly obliterated the capacity 
to perceive truth in anything but external relations. Consequently, 
the brain of the best medium in earth life cannot yet respond to spir- 
itual ideas, except to a limited extent. 

Facts pertaining to earthly life, or concerning identity, can be given,, 
but truth concerning spirit life, if given, can be comprehended but 
faintly by most of the best educated people in earth life ; much less 
by the ignorant and brutalized masses. 

SPIRIT LIFE HAS ITS OWN DISTINCT EXPERIENCES, WHICH ARE DIMLY 
REFLECTED UPON THE EARTHLY SIDE. 

Sometimes, when in the most harmonious condition to receive truth. 



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the sensitive brain of the medium responds to the ideas of the spirit 
correctly ; but often the sensations of earthly conditions so impair the 
vibrations as to almost nullify the effects of spiritual control. 

It is not wise, therefore, to depend upon the statements coming 
through mediumship of this character, unless they can be verified upon 
the earthly side. The medium ought not to be blamed, and should 
not be held accountable for results, when his development is in this 
line, as he cannot prevent error from being transmitted. Neither 
should the spirit be accounted false, because he does not always con- 
vey to you correct ideas, owing to the imperfection of the transmitting 
instrument. It is difficult for you to conceive of the delicacy and 
refinement of mental powers which characterize the pure and higher 
spirits, yet this refinement of spirit life often bars access to the depraved 
mental spheres of persons resident in earthly life. 

KEMEMBER THAT DEATH MAKES NO CHANGE IN THE MORAL OR 
MENTAL BIAS OF THE INDIVIDUAL. 

If, therefore, one goes to the spirit world with fully developed men- 
tal and moral powers, that person will be repelled from the sphere of 
the medium who is subject to a low and vicious development ; and as 
all genuine control is nothing but transmission of force, the higher 
spiritual nature will first seek the moral elevation of the subject, while 
the spirit of a degraded nature will naturally combat, even to violence, 
the influence of the higher. Here, literally, there is war in heaven, 
and, like all wars, it originates in the spheres of ignorance. The good 
spirits are more powerful than the evil, but they are not attracted 
toward the realm of discordant action, and only enter it when neces- 
sary to aid the ignorant victim. 

If the person subject to spirit influences demands protection against 
the power of the evil, and earnestly desires the counsel and aid of the 
good, then to his aid, as guides and teachers, rally the pure spirits, 
and under their Influence the individual can be 

NEGATIVE TO THE GOOD AND POSITIVE TO THE EVIL, 

holding his personal development of character as strongly as his pow- 
ers of mediumship, and both in perfect accord with the higher intelli- 
gences aiding him. There is rarely a case of demoniacal control 
(obsession) without ignorance or vice upon the earthly side first open- 
ing the door for the entrance of the l'oul spirit. 



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This principle of spirit intercourse is but the exercise of the same 
policy as is adopted in educated and refined circles in earthly life. It 
distinguishes the gentleman and lady from the rake and courtesan, 
and, when violated in either world, is followed by the loss of respect. 
Compulsory obedience in the mental realm is death to mental progress. 
Better let the person remain in the sphere of evil, until he awakes to a 
desire for a better life, than to 

ATTEMPT TO FORCE HIS INCLINATION IN THE LEAST. 

And this fact explains the comparative silence of the better spirits dur- 
ing the prevalence of the false statements of vile spirits. 

In reviewing the principles by which knowledge is received from 
the spirit world, you see no difference exists in the methods whereby 
error and truth can be transmitted. The hearer must judge for him- 
self as to the value of the communication. The method of control by 
the sinner or saint is the same, but the mental force emanating from 
each will be characteristic of the spirit controlling. Lies as well as 
truth will come, accordingly as the spirit dwells in the sphere of deceit 
or truth. There will be no change of ideas until there arises a change 
of character, which occurs whenever the spirit is aroused to progress 
from his low condition. You should be cautious in accepting any 
statement coming through this channel, no matter where found, nor in 
what age it was given. This view places the so-called 

SACRED WRITINGS IN THE CATEGORY OF DOUBTFUL RECORDS, 

or legendary traditions, which demand the keenest scrutiny of all claims 
concerning them. If they are the ideas of the spiritual inhabitants of 
that age, transcribed by the mediums of that age, they are not author- 
ity except as they state principles which are eternal. If, then, control 
is merely transmitted force, open alike to evil as well as good spirits, 
of what 

PRACTICAL BENEFIT TO HUMANITY IS IT TO SEEK INFORMATION 

through this channel ? First, it opens the door to a comprehension of 
the fact of immortality. Second, it demonstrates this truth : that 
individuality is not altered by transition. Third, it gives to the mind 
dwelling in the earth sphere the true secret of progress. 

All the ideas pertaining to immortal being may be imaginary if no 
means exist to prove their reality. Christian and heathen alike have 
to enter this realm for evidence of the truthfulness of their dogmas, 



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and all the evidence that either possess can be traced back to the prin- 
ciples of mediurnship. All the so-called sacred writings, records of 
miracles, and wonderful works of a spiritual nature, become evident 
to the student of spiritual chemistry, and spiritual transmission of 
power. They have a basis of truth, and are all more or less tinged 
with superstition and error, for their transcribers were not entirely 
free from the influence of both. Therefore, the sacredness of these 
writings vanishes when superstition and error are eliminated from the 
minds of their readers. The wisdom circles of the spirit world are 
making great efforts to impress you with some knowledge of spirit life, 
and of the true path of spiritual progress, while you are living in the 
earthly form. This task has been but dimly comprehended by the 
most advanced minds upon earth at the present date. Knowledge of 
spirit life is best acquired by training the intellectual faculties to a high 
degree of perception and reflection, and by a close observance of the 
laws of mental culture, while living in your earthly bodies. Spiritual 
laws forbid excess of the animal impulses, and strongly subordinate 
them to the mental impulses. Often the spiritual faculties are so 
cramped during earthly life that, in many persons, they never respond 
to the force of ideas of a spiritual nature, and myriads live and die 
with the mental bias of sensual ideas, and surpass but little the plane 
of brutes in spiritual power, although they have the capacity latent, 
which in ages to come in spirit life will bring them out of that condi- 
tion. As a result of this principle, 

MYRIADS IN THE SPIRIT WORLD ARE IN QUEST OF KNOWLEDGE, 

and other myriads are yet bound by ignorance. They cannot emerge 
from the latter condition save by individual effort, which should have 
been exerted in earth life. They come back to the corresponding- 
mental conditions of people in earthly life, and commence their 
studies for mental unfoldment by watching the unfoldment of these 
persons. This, while a basis of education for the spirit, places the 
earthly person in sympathy with the spirit ; and, if ignorant, in danger 
of receiving such influence from the spirit as may be detrimental to 
his own welfare. The person in such a case should hold the spirit to 
a strict observance of principles. People living in the earth form, 
subject to these powers, should never sink personal responsibility, but 
treat the ideas of the control with exact reference to their relations to 
well known principles. No statement relative to science, morals or 



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mentality, should be accepted when it contradicts the principles of 
each. It sometimes happens that mediums become the subjects of evil 
spirits, who care not for their victim's sufferings, and who delight in 
reproducing again their former wickedness through the victim. This 
is the dark side of spiritualism, and cannot be ignored. It has its ori- 
gin largely in the 

DENIAL OF THE EXISTENCE OF SPIRIT CONTROL BY THE MAJORITY OF 
THOSE LIVING IN EARTH LIFE. 

When mediumistic subjects become influenced by this class of spirits, 
the presence of a pure strong medium will quickly bring the disorderly 
spirits into subjection. Too often the mediums so obsessed are excluded 
from such as could help them, and placed in the hands of ignorant 
people, who assail the mediums till sometimes insanity results. Should 
the better class of spirits on the spirit side be able to come to the 
rescue, then the 

INSANITY SUDDENLY VANISHES, 

and intelligent control adds another to the number who can act as 
instruments for the transmission of ideas from the invisible world to this. 
Without a study of these principles, the world can gain no knowl- 
edge of future existence. Age after age the planetary systems have 
been evolving the countless myriads who inhabit eternity. You, too, 
shall contribute to swell the number, but before you enter that condi- 
tion of life it will not harm you to receive some knowledge of the 
realities pertaining to it. By this means of conveying intelligence, 
some are enlightened. In this way you may learn the true results of 
life. No system of rewards and punishments (like those taught in 
earthly creeds) governs the nations of infinity, but each individual in 
his own nature develops the legitimate fruits of the powers which are 
incorporated in his being, and to each alone is intrusted the work of 
personal redemption by obedience to law, — no arbitrary penalties for 
the external manifestations of internal depravity, but limitless oppor- 
tunities for the growth of the good, and the abandonment of the evil. 
The spirit is immortal. It can have no other master than the superior 
development accorded to all who obey law, no other restraint than ina- 
bility to comprehend what is superior to it in the realm of infinite 
knowledge. This alone makes a sufficient barrier between good and 
evil. A thorough understanding of this principle by the people of 
earth will be fraught with such beneficial results that humanity, obey- 



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ing it, will seek of itself the great end of existence : to develop the 
immortal faculties to their fullest extent during earthly life. 

Let it never be said again, that the spirit world makes no distinction 
between obedience and violation of moral law in earthly life. The 
ground work of personal character is so founded upon 

ETERNAL PRINCIPLES OF GOOD, 

that any omission of one leads to endless consequences to the individ- 
ual. To build the edifice upon a false foundation is to do the work in 
vain. Another generation will not pass before much of the remaining 
gloom of the dark ages shall be dissipated by the light of science, and 
in this work all who have been instrumental in promoting material 
knowledge, have their powers continued through this law of control. 

M. FARADAY. 
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